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FACULTY AWARD: James Richardson wins Jackson Poetry Prize

Posted April 7, 2011; 11:55 a.m.

by Staff

James Richardson, a Princeton professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts and a professor of English, has won this year's Jackson Poetry Prize. The $50,000 award, sponsored by the literary organization Poets & Writers, is given annually to honor an American poet of exceptional talent who deserves wider recognition.